Topic: Remnant stormtroopers

[Tamer]

Very nice. You make me wonder what you could do with the armor from this set:



Off to the front pages.

If you can shoot me a link to some of those Hawk auctions too.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

Very nice. You make me wonder what you could do with the armor from this set:

If you can shoot me a link to some of those Hawk auctions too.

That could work, thanks for the tip     ...them General Hawks, single figure eBay item number:153677935885
5pc (better deal) eBay item number:153672626991

[Tamer]

Thanks for the numbers. Here are the links if folks want to see them (very good prices)

General Hawk 5 action Figures Link

General Hawk Link (just one)

I will have to take these to the front pages.

[Starchaser]

You're building quite a remnant army here. Really good choice of bodies to underneath the armor.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

You're building quite a remnant army here. Really good choice of bodies to underneath the armor.

Thank you

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

I've got a load of black capes for my guys   ..going to do a comic style story with these at some point about them living out of an old AT-AT and having been trained by a formidable Mandalorian warrior who now leads these mercs  ..the days of just shooting in someone's general direction are over ..need get all the back grounds printed off etc and find time ha

[Tamer]

I love the story of these guys. Man and they are gonna be able to shoot! Outstanding.

Off to share the update on the front pages.

[JDeck]

The Stormtrooper remnants look great! My theory was the E-11 was inaccurate. I figured it was made mainly for close quarters and for boarding ships, much like the Blunderbuss of the 1700s. That's why you always see them shooting from the hip, because they're bound to hit something in tight quarters.  However in the new games they are pretty accurate, so there goes my theory.  Shooting from the hip is not a good technique.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

The Stormtrooper remnants look great! My theory was the E-11 was inaccurate. I figured it was made mainly for close quarters and for boarding ships, much like the Blunderbuss of the 1700s. That's why you always see them shooting from the hip, because they're bound to hit something in tight quarters.  However in the new games they are pretty accurate, so there goes my theory.  Shooting from the hip is not a good technique.

Some great observations JDeck    ..what do you use to stop the paint chipping at the joints?

[JDeck]

In short I avoid painting joints. There really isn't a sure fire way of preventing joint rub. You can use the super glue technique. You put droplets of super glue over the paint without getting into the joints. I never tried. If I have to paint joints I select parts that are as close as possible to the color I need to paint. Otherwise I would rather paint the body to match the arms or legs.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

In short I avoid painting joints. There really isn't a sure fire way of preventing joint rub. You can use the super glue technique. You put droplets of super glue over the paint without getting into the joints. I never tried. If I have to paint joints I select parts that are as close as possible to the color I need to paint. Otherwise I would rather paint the body to match the arms or legs.

Thanks for the info .. new to custom figures so was wondering how you guys did it    ..maybe some kind of dye might work, will have a play around

[Starchaser]

These guys look great! I'm with JDeck on the joint thing. Some customizers do a great job sanding the joint down a little and such, but that's more skill than my thick old fingers are equipped for, so I avoid painting the joints whenever possible.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

These guys look great! I'm with JDeck on the joint thing. Some customizers do a great job sanding the joint down a little and such, but that's more skill than my thick old fingers are equipped for, so I avoid painting the joints whenever possible.

I will have to remember not to paint the joints in future, i might try some black dye or permanent marker pen on the one's i've done 

[Starchaser]

I do use Sharpie permanent markers to color joints when I can. They have lots of different colors, including metallics.

[Mos-Eisley-Customz]

I do use Sharpie permanent markers to color joints when I can. They have lots of different colors, including metallics.

Cool   ..i will look for some of them